LOOK AT THE PAST

Walls made of human skulls. Piles of bones. Displays of sharp stone knives used to cut beating hearts from sacrificial victims. These are among 13,000 objects that will be on display at the Museum of the Great Temple when it opens later this year. The museum is near what is left of the Great Temple, a pyramid that the Aztec Indians built in the 14th and 15th centuries and the center of their kingdom. The remnants of the temple, excavated after workmen found a stone with the likeness of one of the principal Aztec goddesses, are open to the public. The museum will tell the story of the Aztecs.